Breaking the process

[ENG] Today, when looking for tips on writing to help new authors we have a lot of info-graphics and preconceived formulas. You name it and you will find it, structure, character arc, story type, etc… While some are helpful, like synonyms, I always take a step back. Isn’t writing suppose to be a creative endeavor? By looking into this information it seems that the exercise is less about conveying emotions and it resembles more a student repeating formulas in order to memorize them for class.

And then I read Slaughterhouse 5.

There, I faced an almost psychedelic experience were the long chapters, like the memory of our protagonist, struggle to find a logic sequence of ideas.

So, sometimes it’s better to throw caution out of the window and just go with your gut. By no means I say that every book should be like this one, it takes a fantastic storyteller to pull this off, but sometimes the best way to write is just to put words on the page.